please log in to view this image Mark Lester and Jack Wild in Oliver (1968) Jack Wild, actor who played Artful Dodger in 'Oliver!' dies at 53 LONDON (AP) — Jack Wild, who earned an Oscar nomination as a teenager for his role as the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver! has died from cancer, his agent said Thursday. He was 53. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Jack Wild played the Artful Dodger in a film version ofOliver Twist. He was nominated for Oscar in 1968 for the role. please log in to view this image AP Photo/Cancer Research UK Wild died Wednesday, agent Alex Jay said. The actor was diagnosed with mouth cancer in 2000, and surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy had left him unable to speak. Born in Royton, northwest England, in 1952, Wild was spotted by a talent agent while playing soccer in a London park and later attended stage school. He appeared in the London stage production of Oliver! Lionel Bart's adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Wild was cast in the film as cheeky pickpocket the Artful Dodger, a role that earned the 16-year-old an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. Wild also was known to a generation of children as the hero of H.R. Pufnstuf, a psychedelic TV series about a boy stranded on a fantastical island with a talking flute, a friendly dragon and eerie, chatty trees. A feature film, Pufnstuf, was released in 1970. He became a teen music idol, releasing three albums —The Jack Wild Album,Everything's Coming up Rosesand Beautiful World. But Wild struggled with alcoholism and his adult acting career was fitful, although he had a role in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991. The actor blamed his cancer on years of heavy drinking and smoking. "My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb," he said last year. Wild is survived by his wife, Claire Harding. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-03-02-wild-obit_x.htm
I have pal,****ing brilliant film!Some of the lines in it crease me up,Paddy Considine's one of my favourite actors.Anyway,impossible task to name 10 greatest films,but i'll list 10 classics that haven't been named,but should be viewed at least once! Angels With Dirty Faces,the definitive gangster film from the golden era,with a searing performance from the great Jimmy Cagney. Citizen Kane,Orson Welles' towering work. A Night At The Opera,probably the Marx brothers finest hour.Just genius comedy at work. Blazing Saddles,utterly hilarious if not totally p.c these days! Paths Of Glory,the greatest war film ever made,just sums up the utter futility of it all,heartbreaking! Jason And The Argonauts,stirring epic with Ray Harryhausen's stop motion monsters showing c,g,i how it's done. Scott Of The Antarctic,John Mills' stiff upper lip on the infamous doomed expedition. Alive,true story of the Uruguayan rugby team that crashed in the Andes.For god's sake Beth,don't watch this without a big box of Kleenex at the ready! Enter The Dragon,just the greatest martial arts film ever made,Bruce in his pomp! Jaws,just scared people witless about going into the sea,just love Robert Shaw in this! I've left other people classics such as Casablanca,The Aviator,The Dead Zone,Fantasia,The Hill,The Producers,Chariots Of Fire,Blow,The Sting and Trains,Planes and Automobiles! Too many now,off to bed.
Some great posts happening here ....................... Here are my favourite 10 movies. Being a RAF buff and Clint Eastwood junkie, they take up most positions. Duel, with Dennis Weaver was riveting as a youngster. I believe it was Steven Spielberg's' first movie. The Dambusters Battle of Britain The Great Escape Deliverance Duel The Good, The Bad & The Ugly A Fist Full of Dollars. A Few Dollars More Pale Rider Goodfellas
The usual suspects Three kings Full metal jacket Bad taste Braindead New bonds New batmans Despicable me The last yellow (Anyone else seen that) Hugo Leon and a load more that don't come to mind at 9am on a monday morning
Blade Runner The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Producers (1968) Shawshank Redemption Ben Hur Angels with Dirty Faces Evil Roy Slade The French Connection Kill Bill Tommy Boy Rio Bravo Carry on Sergeant Scent of a Woman My Cousin Vinny The Wizard of Oz Cool Hand Luke The Guns of Navarone To Kill a Mockingbird Goldfinger 12 Angry Men The Adventures of Robin Hood Ulzana's Raid Spartacus Gladiator The Man with Two Brains School for Scoundrels The Court Jester The Intouchables (Fr) The Green Mile
In no particular order my ten faves today are: High Plains Drifter (I reckon this Clint Eastwood western is his best) The Godfather Pt 1 Blade Runner (great on the big screen, not so good on telly) Jaws ( whenever I stumble across this on TV I end up watching all of it) This Sporting Life (the best of those 60's B/W kitchen sink dramas - Richard Harris is the Rugby League Player) The Graduate The Last Detail (Jack Nicolson at his best) As Good as it Gets (Jack again) Reach for the Sky (Kenneth More as Douglas Bader) Anchorman (we know the script in our house)
We had a thread about favourite lines from films about two year ago - I put the youtube of a Considine line from Dead Man's Shoes as my favourite. When Herbie says to him "What the f*** you looking at then?", and he snarls back malevolently. Blazing Saddles too, have you gone completely crazy, can't you see this man is a ni?
On my iPhone: No Country for Old Men True Grit Burn after reading All Bournes Inception Seven Rockarolla Dogtown z Boys Into the Wild Fight Club Eiger Sanction Mesrine A Prophet Syriana Body of Lies Thunderbolt and Lightfoot The Wolf of Wall Street True Romance Taken LA Confidental Cool Hand Luke The Assassination of Jesse James Big Wednesday Sexy Beast …. there won't be any film quotes on here that beat this film IMO
No one mentioned.....The Curious case of Benjamin Button...My fav apart from Once Upon a Time in America
I'm not surprised Fourty ... Worse film I've ever seen! Myself and Mrs Nines fell asleep in the Wimbledon Odeon trying to watch this. It felt like it went on for weeks. We're so traumatised we haven't been back since. Except for Police Academy 53.
It's the place Nines as I go there a lot as it's just around the corner from me Went to watch inception years back and five of us fell asleep Alien film ... Fell asleep Gravity ... Fell asleep Captain Tom hanks thing fell asleep I have missed many great films there as has many of my friends Even dropped off waiting for pop corn I now go into Sutton if I want to watch anything to the end
